OBJECTIVES The 29-item Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) is a psychometrically validated patient-reported outcome measure increasingly used in trials of treatments for multiple sclerosis. However, it is non-preference-based and not amenable for use across policy decision-making contexts. Our objective was to statistically map from the MSIS-29, version 2, to the EuroQol five-dimension (E...

BACKGROUND Patient-reported outcome scales (PROs) are useful in monitoring changes in multiple sclerosis (MS) over time. Although these scales are reliable and valid measures in longitudinal studies in MS patients, it is unknown what the impact is when obtaining longitudinal data from proxies. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to compare longitudinal changes in patient and proxy respon...

BACKGROUND Kano is a metropolis and commercial centre in northern Nigeria; it is highly industrialized. Most of the population does factory work. Purpose. The survey was undertaken to identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) and other related occupational hazards among factory workers in Kano Metropolis. METHOD Five hundred questionnaires were distributed to respondents recr...

Discrimination between electronic and structural effects in metal-support interactions (MSIs) is often hampered by contributions from either one. We report results of a combined experimental/theoretical study that directly demonstrate the action MSIs (EMSIs), while modifications like partial overgrowth metal nanoparticles partly reduced oxide due to SMSI, can be excluded. This demonstrated for ...

OBJECTIVE To examine nonwage losses after occupational injury among health care workers and the factors associated with the magnitude of these losses. METHODS Inception cohort of workers filing an occupational injury claim in a Canadian province. Worker self-reports were used to calculate (1) the nonwage economic losses in 2010 Canadian dollars, and (2) the number of quality-adjusted days of ...

This panel will present the final draft report of the Joint ACM/AIS Committee on the MS Curriculum in Information Systems. The committee, chaired by John T. Gorgone and Paul Gray, held several public meetings at AMCIS 2003, ICIS 2003, AMCIS 2004, IAIM/ICIS 2004, and ICECON 2004 to solicit feedback on proposed curriculum changes and to hear about the experiences of the MSIS community. We have li...

Underwater environments are extremely challenging to perform localization. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) are usually endowed with acoustic devices such as a Mechanically Scanned Imaging Sonar (MSIS). This sensor scans the environment by emitting ultrasonic pulses and it provides echo intensity profiles of the scanned area. Our goal is to provide self-localization capabilities to an AUV e...

Multi-Secret Image Sharing (MSIS) is important in information security when multiple images are shared an unintelligible form to different participants, where the can only be recovered using shares from participants. This paper proposes a simple and efficient ( $...

This paper describes a conceptual framework for learning effectiveness emphasizing hybrid distance delivery for Information Systems (IS) courses. The framework is then applied to the Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) program at Dakota State University.